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In the midst of this AI revolution, a few things started to seem normal, like a lot of industries being almost entirely run by robots, or the fact that there is no way to talk to a human being when calling your local shipping company, but what I never expected was that AIs were going to make mistakes, and we were going to have to pay for them. Maybe that was the first thing to expect, instead of a happily-ever-after where robots would work and we got to have fun and lie in the sun.

Entitled boss fires employee to replace him with AI but then demands he come back to blame him for the AI’s mistakes: 'There is a TV monitor showing an interactive AI man who was the “analyst” that the clients can talk to'

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Boss fires employee and goes on a 3-week cruise, leaving retirement community with no one to cover weekends: ‘We’re 3 people in my department - my boss, Brian, and me. My boss just fired Brian and left’

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Employee lies about getting married to quit, but his boss makes him work from home instead, forcing him to juggle 3 jobs and wear a disguise near the office: ‘I told my boss I moved cities’

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The hidden risks of over-performing in your role... Star employee does the bare minimum, then quits, when a manager's new system unfairly alters his bonus payout making his wage unlivable: '[That] bonus put me above $20 per hour'

From afar, it's easy to say that someone could use this or that opportunity to improve themselves, and that the person will likely find another job in no time if needed; but when you're in the midst of it, depending economically on a boss that seems to want so much more from you than you can actually provide in the present moment, going to work every dan can turn into an anxiety-filled odissey.

Boss expects junior new hire to perform like an employee with 10 years of experience: 'I don't even know what my actual job description means anymore.'

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Admin accidentally prints an entire office's salaries and leaves copies on every desk, turning a normal workday into 8 hours of silent resentment

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Airport worker spends months warning about a flawed process, gets dismissed, takes one day off, and watches everything fall apart exactly as predicted while a new employee gets blamed

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‘My coworker honestly doesn't know why she was let go’: Temp worker tanks every chance at a permanent position and is genuinely shocked she’s not getting hired

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Company hires $15K “culture consultant” who recommends everything employees already said, then presents it back to them as a leadership breakthrough: 'I'm not even angry anymore I'm just tired'

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Overworked employee doing a 3-person job solo gets denied PTO for a two-day vacation after her company laid off the rest of the department and never replaced anyone

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Boss replaces his employees with AI, then begs everyone to come back when his business goes up in flames: ‘Their clients are suing them’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Dad convinces daughter to leave her 10-year stable job and join his business, then fires her after one disagreement

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Job Candidate Accepts Offer and Resigns From Current Role, Only To Discover the New Position Is Hybrid and the Office Is 47 Miles Away

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‘If I get another, I’m fired’: New Boss writes up employee for not coming in on a federal holiday when the location was closed, capping off 8 months of disciplinary action against a 16-year veteran

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Senior operator follows his new manager’s order to stop making independent decisions, until manager Phil changes his mind after spending two weeks approving every minor fix, and one costly redo

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Co-owner of a 35% profit margin family business tells a trusted employee she wants to cut all staff pay 40% to minimum wage and absorb their tips

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Top employee quits job and starts his own business after boss refuses to give him a raise, he thrives in the new business while old boss struggles: ‘What a fool’

Top employee quits job and starts his own business after boss refuses to give him a raise, he thrives in the new business while old boss struggles: ‘What a fool’

Entitled boss keeps yelling at employees for using her personal mug, one employee decides to take it on their last day at the job: ‘She spent days trying to find the mug’

Entitled boss keeps yelling at employees for using her personal mug, one employee decides to take it on their last day at the job: ‘She spent days trying to find the mug’

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